About the Authors

Ken Ishikawa

Affiliations Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Intensive Care and Department of Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Li Wan

Affiliations Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Intensive Care and Department of Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Paolo Calzavacca

Affiliations Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Intensive Care and Department of Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Rinaldo Bellomo

rinaldo.bellomo@austin.org.au

Affiliations Department of Intensive Care and Department of Medicine, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Michael Bailey

Affiliation School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Clive N. May

Affiliation Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI LW PC CNM RB. Performed the experiments: KI CNM PC. Analyzed the data: KI CNM MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CNM. Wrote the paper: KI RB CNM.